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(No Model.)

G. STRAW. I SHIFTING RAIL FOR VEHICLES. No. 310,474. Patented Jan.6,1885.

WITNESSES ZJVVEJVTOR J 06 (aw/W4 SAW-aw.

' v I .Ettorney UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

GEORGE STR-AWV, OF CONSTANTINE, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF TW'O-THIRDS TOSAMUEL IV. HARVEY AND JOHN GREGG, OF SAME PLACE.

SHIFTING-RAIL FOR VEHICLES.

QPECIEICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 310,!74, dated January6, 1885.

.-\'pplicaiimi liled OctoberSO, lSF-l. (No model.)

T (LZZ whom it iii/my concern.-

Be it known that I, Gnoeon STRAW, a citizen of the United States,residing at Constantine, in the county of St. Joseph and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements inSl'iifting-Itails for Vehi- -I5 In describing the device reference isbad to the annexed drawings, in which Figure 1 rep resents a sideelevation of a buggy-body with a top attached; Fig. 2, a perspective ofa seat,

showing the shifting-rail applied; Fig. 3, a

perspective with the same removed, and Fig.

4 a perspective of the shifting-rail removed from the seat.

A designates ascat with a back, B, supported on projecting strips 0. Abar, I), ex-

tends around the outer edge of the seat, at a short distance from it,and rests on the projecting ends of the strips 0. Each of the barssupporting the back, near its point 01' cont-act with the strips 0, isrecessed, said recess being undercut into the bars, forming thereby aprojection, E. Under these projections or shoulders rests the upper edgeof bar D, the side pieces thereof being secured by bolts F. Strips Galso project from the rear ends of the sides of the seat, and havesecured to them 5 bolts H, having one end formed into a hook, whichengages over the bar or rail D. This bolt carries a projecting strip, I,which is secured to the rail,D, and serves to stiffen the same, as wellas secure the said bolt, The free ends of the rail are formed intospindles K, to which-is pivoted the frame of the top, it being alsopivoted at the rear to spindles L, which project from the said rail.

It is evident that by removing the bolts F and H the bar or rail, withthe top, may be quickly removed and as quickly attached again.

What I claim is- The combination, with a vehicle-seat having a backprovided with recessed and shouldered supports, of a shifting-railcarrying the top, said rail resting in the recesses E, and reinovablysecurcd by hooked bolts H, provided with stifl'ening-strips I,substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE STRAVV.

\V i tn esses:

F. W. KNOWLEN, GEORGE A. Ewnus.

